NetWare 4.1/9000 Utilities Reference

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Server Utilities
nwdiscover
nwdiscover
Purpose
Use at the HP-UX prompt to discover IPX network characteristics.
Syntax
nwdiscover [-a] [-f frame_type]
[-r retry_count] [-t timeout] [-d pathname] [-v] [-e frame_type]
Using nwdiscover
• You must be the root user to use nwdiscover.
• The nwdiscover command discovers the network number, frame type, and device
of connected IPX networks. It does this by generating two Service Access
Protocol (SAP) Get Nearest Server (GNS) requests to the network, and
Parameter Use to
-a Check all frame types and device types, even if there is
a response from a NetWare server.
-f frame_type Query the network to see if a NetWare server is
responding to messages of the specified frame type.
Default: Try all frame types.
-r retry_count Specify the retry count when there is no response from
the network. Default: 2.
-t timeout Specify the number of seconds for a timeout. Default:
3. A value of zero indicates 1/2 second.
-d pathname Specify a pathname to the network device driver.
Default: The value of the first network returned by the
HP-UX netinfo command.
-v View in verbose mode. Information is sent to stdout.
-e frame_type Exclude searching the specified frame type. This option
can be used multiple times.